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More than 106,000 people applied for just 200 free tickets on offer – that’s a 0.18% chance of being successful.

The demand to meet Sir David is even higher than the demand for a Glastonbury ticket, which sees 9% of people who try for tickets get them. That means you are 50 times more likely to get a Glasto ticket than a ticket for the Bristol screening.

Blue Planet II (Image: (BBC Pictures))

The ‘golden ticket winners’, as they are being dubbed by the BBC, will now have received confirmation of their tickets, as will the many who have been unsuccessful.

The event itself will take place at the Showcase Cinema De Lux in Cabot Circus, where Sir David will be joined by Liz Bonnin (Wild Alaska Live) and members of the Blue Planet II production team James Honeyborne (Executive Producer), Orla Doherty (Producer) and Mark Brownlow (Series Producer).

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It will also be the first chance for fans to see the new series, which has been years in the making and is widely regarded as one of the best wildlife shows ever made.

The event also coincides with 60 years of BBC Bristol’s Natural History Unit, which is also behind huge hit shows including Planet Earth, Planet Earth II and Earth: One Amazing Day, which is released in selected cinemas across Bristol today.